that brings back some unbelievably great memories for me. the video was especially enjoyable. a couple years back my wife and I went to the hardrock in Vegas and caught his show and i caught his shirt. needless to say, Stephen made his escape and I ended up punched in the head by a riotous idiot.

Beardsneak. (v). To take a picture of the beard or a portion thereof, such that the beard comprises a tiny and almost hidden fraction of the total photo composition. (n). The resulting picture. (via @llIllIIIIII)

Beast: (interjection). An expression of respect for a Whiskerooni or his photo, or some other aspect of his person/beard/character/work. A compliment. (via @Robfrenzy)

Bokeh: (n). Out-of-focus points of light in a photographic image. From the Japanese boke, meaning "haze" or "blur"

Captionbute: (n). A photo based solely on a previous photo's caption (via @mackle)

Clame: (v). to invite a participant to click on one's hyperlinked name (ref. "Click my name")

Clame jumping: (present participle). Linking (via Clame, see above) to a page containing another link, which is also intended to be followed. (via @wondermade)

Clamebute: (n). a participant photo recreating an earlier photo by another participant, which earlier photo is then hyperlinked/referenced in a comment (hyperlink increasingly optional; contraction of 'clame' and 'tribute', orig. @alijoon).

Coincibute: (n). An accidental clamebute, especially of an earlier entry from the same day (via @nedkelly)

Comment bomb: (v). The action of monopolizing the comments on another user's post. (n). The string of comments resulting from the above. (Trademarked by @derble)

Comment jacked: (past participle). Arriving at a Whiskerooni's page to make a comment only to find that the very comment has been made, earlier, by another Whiskerooni. Especially applies in cases where the comment is a trademark or habit of the later Whiskerooni. (via @mattyc / @OzzyNelson)

Copliment: (n). 1. an expression of respect or admiration for making use of another's original idea. 2. a remark of appreciation for a clamebuted photo (via @hale)

Doublebute: (n). A clamebute of two prior photos at once. (via @MrMaggie)

Favorited: (past participle). the action of having affixed a Medal of Favoritism to a particular image on Whiskerino, designating it a 'favorite' and causing it to appear permanently in one's user profile. (ex. "I love this shot. Favorited.")

FLARE: (interjection). An exclamation comment made when the photo includes a light flare. Reserved for @benfrank's exclusive use.

Instafave: (n). An imaginary process which automatically marks as favorite either any inherently awesome image or all images from an inherently awesome Whiskerino participant. (v). The action of said process. (variant: Instaking; orig. @elldub)

Jnonfiction: (v). To take a photo employing printed, usually cut-out elements of another photo, especially earlier photos from one or more fellow participants. (also Jnon) variants: "jnonimation," an animation of a jnon'd photo, perhaps as a .gif (via @benfrank), "jnoncrayon," a jnon'd photo using a drawing of another photo (via @beardwinner)

Kingfaved: (past participle). A shorthand for having both favorited a shot and nominated it for King Beard.

King Punched: (past participle). Experiencing the state of starry-eyedness resulting from receiving a King Beard, or from the "punching" suggested by the action of clicking the King Beard nomination icon. (via @sethro)

Kink: (v). To "king" a photo for some very specific reason (i.e. - wearing a bowtie, not including a cat) regardless of any other qualities of the photo (via @shularbrau)

Lamebute: (n). A failed clamebute.

Latefaved. (past participle). Favoriting a photo well after its initial posting date, especially if it wasn't noticed the first time around. (via @ThatGuy)

Lazy J: (n). A faux jnonfiction, made by cutting out a picture of oneself and affixing it to another picture, then photographing the resulting collage, in approximation of an actual jnonfiction (via @sethro)

Pip: (n). The Official Pose of Whiskerino 2009, incorporating (ideally) a) a pet in the right hand, b) a beverage in the left, index finger pointing out, and c) a crop from the nose to about the waist. Examples. (v). To assume such a pose in one's photo.

Samebute: (n). A clamebute on the same day as the original. (via @mattyc)

Scratch, The: (proper noun). A pose typified by @elldub, in which the subject scratches the back of his head with his right hand, elbow out, while simultaneously mugging for the camera. (alt: Elldub, the)